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Singapore opens gold vault to foreign central banks in race to become Asia’s gold hub
By Katherine Langford
UK eases BN(O) visa barriers for Hong Kong protesters convicted over 2019 unrest
Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Edina, MN
Katherine oversees editorial operations across all six brands. Before joining The Meridan Group, she spent 14 years at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she led the metro desk through its digital transformation. She holds a Master's in Journalism from Northwestern's Medill School.
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The UK government has confirmed that convictions linked to Hong Kong’s 2019 protests should generally not prevent otherwise eligible applicants from using the British National (Overseas) visa scheme, following reports that several convicted protesters had their applications rejected. In a letter on Wednesday to Alex Sobel, chairman of the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said there would now be a “presumption in favour” of ensuring that...
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